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When printing intermixed black-and-white and full-color print jobs, switching from full-color mode to black-and-white mode takes time, causing loss of throughput each time the mode is switched.
When the machine prints a full-color print job followed by a black-and-white job, you can improve throughput by adjusting the number of black-and-white sheets the machine prints in full-color mode before switching to black-and-white mode.
Because switching color modes takes time, increasing the amount of sheets before modes are switched will improve throughput.
In the 04: [Machine: Productivity] group on the [Adjustment Settings for Skilled Operators] menu, change the value in 0401: [Auto Color Selection Setting].
Optimize the amount of sheets for your operating environment.
Value |
Behavior |
|---|---|
1 (Minimum) |
When black-and-white printing is performed after full color printing, full color mode switches to black-and-white mode after 1 black-and-white sheet is printed in full color mode. Although throughput is not improved by this setting, cyan, magenta, and yellow development units are not used for black-and-white printing. |
10 (Maximum) |
When black-and-white printing is performed after full color printing, full color mode switches to black-and-white mode after 10 black-and-white sheets are printed in full color mode. You can improve throughput. |
If black-and-white printing is performed in full-color mode, cyan, magenta, and yellow development units are used for black-and-white printing, so that the photoconductor unit needs to be replaced in a shorter period of time.
When black-and-white printing is performed after full color printing, full color mode is always enabled as color printing cannot be performed in black-and-white mode.
If "0" is specified, switching is canceled and the throughput increases, affecting the print image quality.
